Shade-holder



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SHADE HOLDER.

No. 321,926. Patented July 7, 1885.

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W. H. WIBLE.

SHADE HOLDER. J No. 321,926. Patented July '7, 1885.

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SHADE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321.926,dated July 7, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. WIBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section of holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of holder and shade.

My invention has for its object to provide a shade-holder primarily intended for use in railroad-cars, which shall securely clamp and draw up the shade, so as to secure it against rattling and jarring from the vibration of the car, which may be readily opened and closed or adjusted for the insertion and withdrawal of the shade, and which shall be of a construction which will permit ready accessibility to its interior for cleaning purposes, and to prevent the lodgment or retention of cinders or dirt.

My improvements consist in the peculiar construction and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described, having reference particularly to the following features: first, to the combination, with the ring which constitutes the body of the holder and which has slotted or open sides, of a pair of clampingjaws hinged externally to said ring, and formed or provided with internal ribs or pro jections, which pass through the slotted sides or walls of the body, so as to enter the groove in the neck of the shade; second, to the combination, with the jaws, of a hinged fasteningscrew provided with a nut for securing the jaws when clamped on the shade; third, to constructing the hinged clamping-jaws with lugs for the reception of the fastening'device, said lugs being flaring, so as to prevent the fastening from working loose.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,.-A designates the body of the holder, which is in the form of a ring, the sides or walls of which are slotted segmentally, as shown at a a.

B B are two clamping-jaws, hinged to the body A at b b, so that they may be opened or turned outwardly on said body. These jaws are formed or provided with ribs or projections 11 b on their inner sides, which project internally through the slots in thebody, so as to come within the inner circumference of the latter when said jaws are closed. These projections are preferably in the form of bridges, fastened or connected at their ends only, so as to leave spaces If I) for draft or air, in order to lessen as much as possible the heat conducted by them to the main portion of the jaws and to the holder. The ends of the jaws opposite to the hinged ends are turned outwardly, forming radial ears or lugs G G, and these lugs are made flaring orwidening, so that when their extremities, which are formed on their inner sides with bosses or ribs 0 c,

come together they will form a wedge whose base or widest part is outward. To one of the jaws B, or on the lug O thereon, is hinged at d a screw or threaded bolt, D, and the other lug, G, is slotted, as shown at d, for the reception of said screw or bolt. The latter has a fastening-nut, d", and a jam-nut, d, and is also provided with a button or collar, d, which prevents said nuts from being turned completely off said screw or bolt.

E represents the shade, the neck of which, as usual, is formed with two annular ribs or heads, 6 6, between which is a groove, 6

The operation is simple and obvious. The neck of the shade is passed up into the holder, and the jaws B B then swung inwardly until their ribs Z) b enter the groove a The screw or bolt is then swung around until it enters fully the slot d, when the nut d is turned on, drawing the jaws toward each other and clamping them securely on the neck of the shade. The tightening of the nut has also the efiect of causing the jaws to exert an upward pull or raising action of the shade, so that the latter is bound in place and secured tightly against the lower rim of the holder, preventing rattling or jarring. The jam nut is then turned on tight, and as the flaring or wedge shape of the lugs prevents the screw or bolt D from working outwardly, the jaws remain firmly clamped on the shade, and the latter cannot lose its position in the holder until released by hand by throwing back the hinged bolt or screw D. When the shade is released ICO and the jaws swung out, the interior of the holder is readily accessible for cleaning and repairing, and it is obvious that there can be no lo'dgment nor retention of cinders or other dirt, such as has heretofore been found such a serious objection to holders in which the clamp or spring was inside the body of the holder.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. In a shade-holder, the combination, with the ring or body A, having slots or openings in its sides, of the hinged clamping-jaws B B, opening outwardly and having ribs or projections on their inner sides, which pass through the slots or openings in the body, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the body A of a shade-holder, of hinged clamping-jaws B B and a hinged fastening screw or bolt, D, and

nut d, said screw or bolt being hinged to one of thejaws, and passing through an opening in the other, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the body A of-a shade-holder, of hinged clamping-jaws B 13, having radial flaring ears or lugs O G, and a fastening screw or bolt, D, having a nut, (1", said screw being hinged on one of said lugs, and the other being slotted for its reception, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of April, A. D. 1885.

VILLIAM H. \VIBLE.

Vitnesses:

CHAS. FoRsY'riI, \VILL If. POWELL. 

